Chanumas my friends and neighbors, but please stop asking my son if Santa brought him anything this Christmas especially after I sent Latkas, Chocolate Gelt, and egreetings from Isaac and Neil Diamond for Chanukah.

My son is not even three and I am trying to teach him about the holiday spirit by collecting coats for a community coat drive, baking homemade gifts for his teachers, and taking joy in playing music for his relatives on Skype.

I can handle your "Merry Christmases" after years of learning not to take it personally that everyone assumes that everyone celebrates Christmas, but please let me keep my son out of the consumer world as long as I can.

It really bothers me that this time of year, the USA stands for the United States of Advertising.